Passenger, caught 23/9/2006 (National moth night).

Mothing at St Margaret's

Most of the Moth lists and Photographs are from my garden (TR359450) in the village of St Margaret's at Cliffe in Kent. It is situated about 1Km from the sea and has farmland with in 100 metres. The garden is well shrubbed and about 1600 sq metres. I normally run a 125 MV lamp and a 15W actinic light over-night and once the season gets going a couple of other traps. At the moment both are 25W black Lamps. previously I used a 160W blended lamp in one of them. All traps are home made. Trapping dates refer to the date the trap was put out.

Trap Update in 2017. A new 125W MV Robinson was added to a 125W MV Skinner, 15W Actinic Skinner, two 80W MV Morris modified Skinners and a 80W MVMorris Box trap.
Traps are now (2020 onwards) 2x 125W Robinsons, 2x 80W Skinner type and 1x 15W Actinic strip light on a Skinner type .

I try and identify all the Macro Moths, with the micros I am not at all systematic, I do more than I used to with the help of the new book, but there are some that do get through.


Thursday, 28 August 2014

Species List for 27/8/2014

More moths and a few more species than last night. Altogether there were 495 moths of 56 species, three new for the year.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 2
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 4
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 4
873 Blastobasis adustella 7
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 27
1260 Cydia splendana 3
1305 Agriphila tristella 8
1309 Agriphila geniculea 1
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 1
1342 Eudonia angustea 1
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 1
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 1
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 1
1465 Nephopterix angustella 1 NFY
1513 Pterophorus pentadactyla White Plume Moth 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 3
1680 Cyclophora punctaria Maiden's Blush 1
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 1
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 1
1739 Epirrhoe rivata Wood Carpet 1
1742 Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell 2
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 1
1816 Eupithecia linariata Toadflax Pug 1
1832 Eupithecia assimilata Currant Pug 1
1855 Eupithecia phoeniceata Cypress Pug 1 NFY
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 1
1890 Macaria alternata Sharp-angled Peacock 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 8
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 2
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 2
2009 Ptilodon cucullina Maple Prominent 1
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 3
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 6
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 80
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 3
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 2
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 13
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 207
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 26
2145 Discestra trifolii Nutmeg 1
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 3
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 6
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 3
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 5
2298 Amphipyra berbera Svensson's Copper Underwing 2 NFY
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 7
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 2
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 4
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 16
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 8
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 2
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 1
2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 1
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 1
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